New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-20
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
AIR. R.GLADsTONE's VAGUE SPEECH DESTROYS
HOPE OF LIBERAL REUNION.

ruv ,p,su r.u TO BULLY MR.. BALFoUR MR. PA'-
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rIIY-ToPICs IN SOCIAL CIRCLES
[BY CABLE TO TRrDUNE]
LONDON. March 19.-Mr. Gladstone's last speech
is puzzle. 1t appears that he mado the Sp''0"'
for which hc first made the OCCASION at a pri'"''
dinner in order TO say nothing about MI Ci'''''N
lain Certainly these three columns o'''''''
- Mr.. Bauan and few Yorkshire friehoS o'o'
Sc MORT wine. are thought more remarkable lor
WIN; they omit than for what tncy contain MI
Chamberiains declaration. that oniy Dr. "i"''
stone could reuntc the Liberal party, was various
IN interpreted at the time as challenge anu "S
nm invitation Mr.. Gladstone responds to neither
the one nor the other, and Mr Chaihpeii"in'
fr;ends think the omission marked enough 10 con-
stitutc an aIront. References to Sir "eofSe iie'
yelyan they say, make the slight sthl more c'r
dent Probably Mr.. Gladstone never made 50
lcng a speech in which he said so NUE. II any
thing can be gather ed from ii beside ths shch'c
a?ainst Mr. Chamberlain, it is on The lahu qucs-
tion The Ministry are known to De apouV ~
introduce a measure Of some sort leis'lhs W LIS"
land. Mr. Gladstone gives notice in advance lhaU
he viii support no purchase scheme unless II ic'1
Irish Government is fist established Inc ee"-
clui Inference from the whole speech is t'i1 Air
t1,,slt nc intends 10 take no further step toward
Liberal reunion. The leaders OF both L'ocf"l
w,n-s haze nov publicly admitted that no III:
modiate reunion is possible. Their differences
on Home Rule prove irreconc'll"oic
Tic CIosnc rule was at last adopted by the
House of Commons in tolcrably eii1ent lori''
only al voting against ii. Coercion Dill WIS
expected TO follow at once, but Mr. W. il. SniOh
was not ready He will proceed, meantime "l'i
the other new rules. What the MINISTRY 'h'ohu
is 10 launch Coercion next week and resume IL ID
earnest after the Easter vacation The lrish mem
bels seem confident that Mr.. Gladstone VIII ie"u
the united bands of Parneltcs, Radicals ana LID
erals IN obstruct ing the rev Crimes act. mat he
will onrose il is certain but obstruction If peril
nacious will have to be carried On under Quiet
leadership.
The passace of the Closure resolution was fle-
coded by one of those Irish scenes which dlsnay
their Liberal allies. Mr. Dllon's complaint oil
the Arrest of Father Keller amounted to claim
that q Catholic p.lest is exempt from legal ohl'-
cation to a, pear as witness. though ordered by
the court Mr.. Parncll's appearance was far more
striking and his charges against Mr. Balioui
were put into language seldom head fIom Mr..
Prnell. lie described tic Chief secretary as
having entered upon a task Of bloodshcd in Ire
land lightly as having deliberately set out on a
eou,se of evaporation in order TO provoke a col
usion between the police and the people, and
much m0Ie in the same strain. The Daily News
calls aIr. Parnelrs speech felOcious Mr.. Ballours
reply to Mr. Dillon was III a tone which surprised
the hish membrrs They have misunderstood
Mr. Rafour's qiietncss of manner and thought
him man to oe intimdaicl That theory is
abandoned They now think lie means business
in ireland, which PERHAPS stands on thc eve Of a
strug lie more serious than it has lately witnessed
"Thc Times" has brought to a close series
Of articles on Parncllsm and Crime, and is now
tying to force Mr. PANEL and his colleagues to
bring an action for libel to vindicatc their char
acter. Are Mr.. Gladstone and his associates, asks
The Times, prepared to continue TO work fol
common objects with politicians confedcratcd
with and subsidized by the authors of dynamite
conspiracics and murderous Cutrages This charsC
is repeated in various FORMS all lbcllous enough
le-ally speaking but Mr.. Parnell and the Par
nellite organs thus far take no notice OF it.
Mr.. Arnold White, of the leading advo
Gates OF Colonization means of relicvine
English poverty, has succeeded in interesting LORD
Iennysoa in behalf of his scheme. They dis
cussed the subject together during witt VIII
Mr. White paid TO Lord Tcnnyson last week, ani
Lord Tennyson, on Mr. Whites return, wrote hin
the following letiers
FARRINGFoRD. FREsHwATER. Isle OF Wight.
March 10, 1887
DEAR Mr. WHITE II seems TO me that il
South Africa loyal men and w,men Of EnglIsl
blood greatly needed, and the advantage o.
sending thither those who cannot gain bread arc
meat for their children in this country, however
hard they wolk, is 20 great that l shall be 2lao
10 know that the Government taking active
steIs TO organize wide system of jiiIcious colo
nHation. fGthtully youIs,
TENNYsoN.
The st. Patlick's Day celebration in London wa
chiefly notable for the appearance of Mr.. Jabc,t
tbcre rs orator-in-chcf at a banquet of IRISH Ma
tjona,ists
Mr. Labouchcrc has done another public servic
by first exposing another moneyIendCr and The
fighting and winning an action for libel. MI
Simmons is fnancier who thinks sixty to tw
hundred per cent proper rate Of interest Ill
induced Frcnchman. NJ. Lannay, to sign note
as he imagined. at five per cent per annum bu
really at five pounds per month. for loan o
al, Mr. I abluchere stated the fact